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Nominated Substances: Urethane
Nomination Date: 02/03/1987
Nominator: FDA
Rationale: Potential for widespread exposure of the general population to urethane from alcoholic beverages; lack of adequate carcinogenicity data on which meaningful risk assessment analysis may be based.